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Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. A Maori tribe must contend with the distinctly non-traditional concept of having a female leader when young Pai’s (Keisha Castle-Hughes) twin brother — the intended heir to the throne — dies during childbirth. Now, she must struggle to prove herself. Stars Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis

Continue reading Whale Rider (2003)

Meet the Incredibles, the award-winning Pixar team’s superhero family that comes out of banal, suburban hiding to don their old costumes and save the world again. Bob Parr (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) was forced to give up his swashbuckling days and log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with

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1960s Paris serves as the backdrop for Francois Dupeyron’s heartwarming drama. Momo (Pierre Boulanger), a teenage orphan, lives in a working-class neighborhood and has very few friends — save for the kindly local prostitutes, who adore him. Momo soon befriends the older and wiser shopkeeper Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), who soon becomes

Continue reading Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)

Near the end of the Tang Dynasty, police deputies Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and Leo (Andy Lau) tangle with Mei (Ziyi Zhang), a dancer suspected of having ties to a revolutionary faction known as the House of Flying Daggers. Completely bowled over by Mei’s alluring beauty, the deputies concoct a plan to

Continue reading House of Flying Daggers (2004)

Two universes unfold in Sliding Doors, a romantic fantasy about alternate possibilities. Londoner Gwyneth Paltrow is shown in two scenarios, each propelled by the same incident. In the first scenario, she squeezes through the subway train’s doors on time and catches her boyfriend fooling around. In the second version, she’s

Continue reading Sliding Doors (1998)

San Francisco architect Max Klein (Jeff Bridges) miraculously survives a plane crash and emerges a changed man. When Max’s bizarre behavior alienates his wife (Isabella Rossellini) and son, airline psychiatrist Bill Perlman (John Turturro) puts Max in touch with guilt-ridden fellow crash survivor Carla Rodrigo (Rosie Perez), who lost her 2-year-old in the disaster. Working

Continue reading Fearless (1993)

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Remember “City Of Angels”, starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan? That drew inspiration from a 1987 film released from Wim Wenders, called “Wings of Desire”. Six years later, his follow-up film in the same style and theme, “Faraway so

Continue reading Faraway, So Close! (1993)

In this unabashedly romantic film, an elderly woman approaches playwright Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) and presses a pocket watch into his hand whispering, “Come back to me.” Years later, Collier becomes obsessed with a picture

Continue reading Somewhere In Time (1980)

Devout sisters Anna and Martina reject the opportunity to leave their sparse Danish village. Thirty-five years later, a French cook named Babette appears at their door seeking respite from the French revolution’s terrors. Fortune smiles upon Babette when she wins the lottery. She prepares a feast to thank the sisters for their kindness and to

Continue reading Babette’s Feast (1987)